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Bo Hopkins

Acting

Born February 2, 1938 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Died May 28, 2022

Also known as William Mauldin Hopkins · بو هاپکینز

Biography

Bo Hopkins (February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022) was an American actor.  He appeared in more than 100 film and television roles in a career of more than 40 years, including the The Wild Bunch (1969), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), The Getaway (1972), American Graffiti (1973), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), The Killer Elite (1975), Posse (1975), A Small Town in Texas (1976), Midnight Express (1978), and More American Graffiti (1979). After Hopkins' first roles in major films in the early 1970s he appeared in White Lightning (1973). He starred or co-starred in a number of made-for-television movies of the mid-1970s, including Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975), The Runaway Barge (1975), The Kansas City Massacre (1975), The Invasion of Johnson County (1976), Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976), Woman on the Run (1977), Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978), Crisis in Sun Valley (1978) and The Busters (1978). When Gretchen Corbett left the television series The Rockford Files in 1978, Hopkins replaced her character as Rockford's attorney John Cooper, ultimately appearing in 3 episodes. In 1981, Hopkins appeared in the first season of the prime time drama Dynasty as Matthew Blaisdel. His many other appearances on television included in miniseries Aspen (1977) and Beggarman, Thief (1979), and in episodes of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Nichols, The Rat Patrol, The Mod Squad, Hawaii Five-O, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Crazy Like a Fox, Murder, She Wrote and Doc Elliot. Hopkins has a role in the video game Nuclear Strike. He plays Colonel LeMonde, a mercenary who steals a nuclear weapon. The 'Strike' team tracks him through Southeast Asia.Description above from the Wikipedia article Bo Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

Getting to Know You

1999as Officer Caminetto

The Rockford Files

1974as John Cooper

The Wild Bunch

1969as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

The Wild Wild West

1965as Zack Garrison

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as George

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Ray Jenkins

The A-Team

1983as Charles Drew

Bonanza

1959as Stretch Logan

Cheyenne Warrior

1994as Jack Andrews

Midnight Express

1978as Tex

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Jeb

The Rat Patrol

1966as Bo Randall

Matlock

1986as Sheriff

The Getaway

1972as Frank Jackson

American Graffiti

1973as Joe Young

The Angry Beavers

1997

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967

Hillbilly Elegy

2020as Papaw

Charlie's Angels

1976as Wes Anderson

The Bridge at Remagen

1969as Cpl. Grebs

Gunsmoke

1955as Harper Haggen

U Turn

1997as Ed

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

Dynasty

1981as Matthew Blaisdel

The Virginian

1962as Will

The Day of the Locust

1975as Earle Shoop

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972as Dixie Brick

The Thousand Plane Raid

1969as Capt. Douglass

The Final Alliance

1990as Sheriff Whistler

Shade

2003as Lieutenant Scarne

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

2003as Coach Stangel

The Newton Boys

1998as K.P. Aldrich

Posse

1975as Wesley

White Lightning

1973as Ray Boone

Cowboy Up

2002as Ray Drupp

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993as Frank Badger

Radioland Murders

1994as Billy's Father

City of Ghosts

2002as (Uncredited)

The Killer Elite

1975as Jerome Miller

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973as Billy

Phantoms

1998as Agent Hawthorne

Painted Hero

1997as Brownie

More American Graffiti

1979as Little Joe

Mutant

1984as Sheriff Will Stewart

Uncle Sam

1996as Sgt. Twining

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

1992as Steven Haynes

Blood Ties

1991as Chief Hunter

The Fifth Floor

1978as Carl

Sweet Sixteen

1983as Sheriff Dan Burke